I went to St. Peter's Lutheran Church in New York this afternoon with my sister where we attended the Service of Devotion...The Passion According to St. Matthew by J.S. Bach. It was truly a moving afternoon with the congregation invited to sing a number of the chorales. The choir and orchestra are magnificent. It is not a performance but a communal gathering. One's attention is centered on the cross of Jesus as so poignantly stated in the Bass Aria:
Come, healing cross, for me prepare it
My Savior! Lay on me its weight;
Whene'er my burden grows too great,
To thee I look for help to bear it.
Come, healing Cross
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